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White House Rhetoric May Signal Climate-Bill Surge04-22-10 | News

White House Rhetoric May Signal Climate-Bill Surge

Larry Summers, the head of the White House's National Economic Council, used lofty rhetoric to warn of the long-term consequences if Congress fails to follow through this year on a sweeping overhaul of how the nation generates and uses energy. ?EUR??,,????'?????<

With the bruising health care debate over, President Obama’s top economic adviser left little doubt that energy and climate has taken its place atop the administration’s agenda.

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Summers outlined ways a climate and energy bill can help the U.S. economy grow, from creating short-term jobs to reducing uncertainty and increasing confidence for new private-sector investments. Landscape professionals can benefit from short term jobs to comprehensive energy legislation.

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